Senior Strategic purchaser

Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality. Our ultimate aim is to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of. 

We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. We are always on the lookout for future-oriented talent – want to join the ride?

Wärtsilä Energy Business is leading the transition towards a 100% renewable energy future. As an Energy System Integrator, we understand, design, build and serve optimal power systems for future generations. Wärtsilä’s solutions provide the needed flexibility to integrate renewables and secure power system reliability. Our offering includes flexible internal combustion engine-based power plants, energy storage & integration solutions, as well as gas to power systems. We support our customers over the lifecycle or their installations with services that enable increased efficiency and guaranteed performance. Wärtsilä has 68 GW of installed power plant capacity in 177 countries around the world.

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation is now looking for a Senior Strategic Purchaser to support the Electric Power Conversion System category in China within the Strategic Sourcing department. The role will be part of the Supply Management Group.

Preferable positions are based in Suzhou, China (but, not limited to).

What will you be doing?

For the global Energy Storage supplier base, the Sr Strategic Purchaser is responsible for the suppliers selection, business allocation and management (mainly in the APAC region) as well as for suppliers purchasing agreements, price negotiations and continuous improvement of performance in terms of lead time, costs development, delivery accuracy, to ensure conformance with product and project requirements as well as first time right deliveries.

We Offer

• We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership and taking responsibility of our work. We support each other’s growth and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have courage to see opportunities and take initiative.
• We have an amazing team, hardworking and talented team. We have a clear purpose to exist and significantly growing business. We are passionate about the work we do and hope to find a colleague with a shared passion for energy storage technologies and a sustainable future
• We offer you an independent, challenging and responsible role in a global supply management organization.
• You will work with large network of energy storage professionals and have a support of a great team and an open and friendly work environment

Responsibilities In this role, your main responsibility is to manage and develop supplier base, performance, relationships, and negotiations in close cooperation with Product Development, Supplier Quality and Development and other key internal stakeholders.

This includes: 

• Identify optimal suppliers for our customer delivery projects
• Negotiating, creating and updating of supply agreements 
• Ensure Quality, Delivery, Lead Time and Cost development of materials and services for own area of responsibility.
• Lead/support/participate in negotiations, secure capacity and forecasting
• Strong solution-oriented approach, capability to implement and persistency to follow-up activities to ensure cost effective and resilient supply chain

Other responsibilities:

• Analyse future supply demand in cooperation with the needed functions
• Gather and analyse spend and supplier data, execute benchmarking, provide data to the relevant functions
• Secure compliance to Supply Management processes/procedures, strategies and agreements
• Execute/support material/services for cost budgeting and follow-up
• Execute/support supplier selection/rationalization process.

Requirements     
As an ideal candidate, you would have: 

• 5+ years’ experience Supplier selection and management in PCS (Inverter, Transformer, Switchgears), power systems, renewables or energy storage industry, background in power electronics will be perceived as an advantage
• Proactive, solution oriented and “make things happen” -attitude 
• B.Sc. / M.Sc. in Engineering and/or Economics 
• Excellent negotiation and presentation skills 
• Good communication and team working skills 
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills 
• Target and result oriented attitude 
• Fluency in English, other languages are seen as an advantage 
• Willingness to travel.

Why you and us 

We have an amazing team and a clear purpose to exist. We are passionate about the work we do and hope to find a colleague with a shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future.

All our employees are encouraged to utilise the variety of training activities, learning solutions and self-study materials that we have to offer which supports the opportunity to further develop your talents and competencies within a very global working environment, in an ambitious and growth orientated organisation. 

Contact & next steps

Does this sound like the job for you? If yes, we hope to hear from you before the application 10th December 2024 by submitting your application through our careers portal. Are you still wondering if you should apply and would like to get something clarified? Please reach out to Tina Zheng, Talent Acquisition Specialist

tina.zheng@wartsila.com) with any questions related to this position. (only for questions from direct job applicants, applications through email will not be recorded or responded to)

Please apply by 10th December 2024 at 23:59 Chinese Standard Time. Our recruiting tool recognizes the time zone where the job ad has been published and closes the application period according to same time zone.

Last application date: 10/12/2024 

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

This is Wärtsilä 

Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 17,800 professionals, in more than 280 locations in 79 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.